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// I/l I] I ll/I/j avwa wcoi Patented Oct. 18, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENTOF'FECFE HUGO MUTSOHLER, 0F LINDELFINGEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TOINTERNATIONAL TIlvIE RECORDING COMPANY OF NEW YORK, OF ENDICOTR NEWYORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK I TIME RECORDER This invention relatesto time recorders for printing a record of'the elapsed time be tweensuccessive registrations ofan operator made at the beginning'and end ofa job, and more particularly to such recorders as in addition indicatethe time at which the registrations are made;

Known recorders of this type indicate the timeat the beginning and endof a job by printing a reproduction of a clock dial with radialindicators to point'to the time. The objection to these recorders-isthat the time can be arrived at only approximately because interpolationis required.

The-object of this invention is the provision of means for overcomingthe above Objection by printing in numerals at the-side of the elapsedtime record, a record of the hour, minute, and fraction of a minute atwhich a registration is made.

' The object is further'to print the time at the beginning and the endof a j ob by means of asingle printing mechanism.

The object is still further to print the date alongside the timeindications by means of said printing mechanism.

Another object is to provide a novel construction of the printingmechanisms for recording the elapsed time.

Still another object is to provide means for indicating the position ofthe record card with respect to the printing mechanisms.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will be obviousfrom the following particular description of one form of mechanismembodying the invention or from an inspection of the accompanyingdrawings and the invention also constitutes certain new and novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forthand claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a skeleton plan view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a skeleton sectional view of the machine and Fig. 3 is anexample of a record made by the machine. Referring to the drawings indetail, the printing mechanism for printing the time Application filedJune is, 1928, serial No. 285,004, and in Germany November 25, 1927;

at the beginning and end of a job and the corresponding dates includes atype wheel 1 provided withnumbers 0 to 23 for printing the hours, a typewheel 2 provided with type indicating the minutes and fractions thereof,and type wheels 3 and 4 for printing the day and month respectively.-These wheels are rotated at the variousrequired rates in any convenientand well-known manner from a horizontal shaft 5 actuated by'clockmechanism 6 (shown diagrammaticallyin Fig. 1). The date wheels maybe-manually set.

The printing mechanism for printing the elapsedtime is driven from shaft5 through'a clutch connection 7, releasable by manipulation of a member8. The clutch serves to actuate a shaft 9 which through gearing 1Odrives the various wheels of the elapsed time printing mechanism. Thismechanism comprises an outer annular die 12 having type on its upperface for printing hour circle 12a, the die being rotatably journaled ona vertical shaft 13 which rigidly carries an inner circular die 14, theupper face of which is on a level with the printing face of die 12 andis provided with a rib for printing arrow 14a. A second shaft 15parallel to shaft 13 has rotatably journaled thereon an anular die 16for printing arrow 16a and has rigidly fixed thereto an inner die 17with printing face on a level with the printing face of die 16 andadapted to print the inner circle 17 a indicating tenths and twentiethsof an hour.

Gearing 10 is designed to rotate dies 12 and 16 at the same rate withthe arow on die 16 on a radius parallel to that bisecting the numeral Oon die 12. Dies 14 and 17 are also rotated in synchronism with the arrowon die 14 pointing in the direction of a radial line drawn to numeral 0on die 17.

A member 18 is provided to abut the edge of the card and selectivelyposition it over the dies for printing the elapsed time. A lever 20 ispivoted at one end to member 18 and at its other end to a slide 21movable on base 22. Slide 21 is formed with a pair of inclinedoppositely facing cam edges 23 and 24 adapted to cooperate with thelower ends of shafts 13 and 15 to raise said shafts selective- Thus whenthe registration is made at the beginning of a ob, member 18 is moved toits extreme left hand position and causes the cam edge 23 to raise shaft13 to its uppermost position Where the printing face of the dies thereonare on a level with the type in printing position on the wheels 1, 2, 3'and 4 for printing the time and date at the begining and end of a job.The cam surface-24 at-the same time will have ;-permitted shaft 15 todrop to a lower position. I Hence upon actuation of the stamping block25, the dies 12 and 14 will make an imprint on the record card ofcircles 12a and arrow 14a, respectively, and wheels 1', 2; 3 :and A willprint *the time'and date on a line 26 alongside circuit 120.. At the endo-f'a 1' ob," member '18-' is shifted to the extreme right moving 'camedges 23 and '24 to thefleft and causing shaft 13 to 'lower and shaft 15to-move upward to a'level with print- 26 g Wilt/e15 2, 3 and 4: Uponactuation of stamp 25, the imprint will be made of .circle 17a andindicator 16atogether with the actual clock time 27 'at the end of thejob. In order to definitely determine the position of member 18"for'piinti ng at the beginning and end of a job, an indicator 28 isprovided inone side of said member which for the beginning registrationwill point to a suitable indication such as the word beginning and forthe ending-registration will point to an indication such" as the wordending;

While I have shown and described" and pointed out the fundamental novelfeatures of the invention asapplied to a single modification it will beunderstood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in theform and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may bemade by those skilled in theart without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I intend to be limited therefore only as indicated by thescope of the following claims.

1. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations,comprising adie for making an imprint upon the first registeringoperation, a die for making an imprint upon the second registeringoperation, record card positioning means and means controlled by thelatter for selecting one of the dies for operation.

2. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations,comprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registeringoperation, a die for making 'an imprint upon the second registeringoperation, card positioning means, and means actuated by the latter forselectively raising one of the dies into printing position.

'3. A device for recording elapsed time between successiveregistrations, comprising a die for making an imprint upon the firstregistration, a die for printing upon the second'registration, shaftscarrying said dies, card positioning means, and means operated by thelatter for selectively raising said shafts to place said dies inprinting position.

4. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrationscomprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registration, asecond die for making an imdie for printing upon the first registration,

a die for printing uponthesecond registration, a card positioning meansand-cam'means operated by the latter for selectively locating said diesin printing position.

6. A device for recording elapsedtime tween successive registrations,icomprising .a die for printing upon the first-registration, a. die forprinting upon the second registration, a .card positioning means, and aslide actuated by the latter; upon positioninga card .for selectivelylocating the dies in printing position. v I

7. A device for recording elapsed time between successive registrations,comprising a die for making an imprint upon the first registeringoperation, a die for making an imprint upon the second registeringoperation, record card positioning means, means for selecting one of thedies for operation,

and a connecting'member between both of said means to connect them forcoordinated operation.

8. A device for recording on a card the elapsed time between successiveregistrations, comprising a. die forrecording upon the firstregistration, a die for recording upon the second registration, and asingle member operable to select either one of said dies for recordingoperation.

9. A device such as described in claim 8, said member beingdifierentially movable in accordance with which die is to to be selectedfor printing operation.

10. A device such as described in claim 8, said member simultaneouslymoving both said dies, one into printing position and the other out ofprinting position.

11. A device for recording on a card the elapsed time between successiveregistrations, comprising a pair of spaced shafts, a set of inner andouter dies carried by each shaft and fixed against axial movementthereon, and commonly operated means for alternately axially moving saidshafts to alternately position the complete set of dies on each shaftfor a single printing operation, both said sets of dies cooperating torecord elapsed time.

12. A device for recording elapsed time between successiveregistrations, comprising a die for making an imprint upon the firstregistration, a die rotating in synchronism with the first-named die formaking an imprint upon the second registration to indicate the elapsedtime between registrations, a pair of spaced shafts for carrying saiddies, a member for selectively positioning a card into the same locationrelative to each shaft to receive an impression from the die carried byeach shaft, and means for alternately actuating said dies to positionthem for printing on the card.

13. A recording device comprising a timeoperated die for making animpression on a card upon one registering operation, a secondtime-operated die for making a correlated impression on the card upon asucceeding registering operation, and a member operable to selectivelyposition a card into operative location with respect to either of saiddies.

1 In a device for making an elapsed time record on a sheet by means ofrotary timecontrolled dies upon successive selective operation of thedies; means for making a record along parallel straight lines of theactual time at which each elapsed time operation occurs, said meanscomprising a rotary printing die with its axis disposed at right anglesto the axes of the elapsed time dies, the effective printing surfaces ofall of the dies being in the same plane, and a single member foreffecting simultaneous printing operations by the actual time die andone elapsed time die upon the first registration and by the actual timedie and the other elapsed time die upon the second registration.

15. A device for recording elapsed time between successiveregistrations, comprising a die for making a record upon the firstregistration, a die for making a related record upon the secondregistration, means for se lecting either one of said dies at a time anda single operating device for causing operation of said means to selectthe dies one at a time.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my slgnature.

HUGO MUTSCHLER.

